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  • January 24, 2024

Wirehouse defections far from done, says Verdence Capital CEO

'When was the last time you saw an article that said an RIA is going to a wirehouse?' asks Verdence founder Leo Kelly.

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  • October 17, 2023

Advisors prefer independent business models, Fidelity finds

Firm launches Independence Hub to help educate those advisors making the transition to independence.

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Concurrent restructures to recruit advisors from across wealth management

Since becoming a hybrid RIA, Concurrent has added five new firms that combine for $440 million and it's ramping up to co-brand advisors from every possible direction.

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  • February 16, 2023

Dynasty Financial, in first-ever acquisition, picks up TruClarity’s breakaway business

Dynasty currently has 35 job openings, and CEO Shirl Penney said TruClarity's people, including CEO Pamela Stross, were a big part of its appeal.

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  • November 16, 2022

Morgan Stanley rep goes RIA with $5 billion book of business

Jim Martin left $4 billion worth of client assets behind when he formed Nordwand Capital, but he says it was all part of the plan.

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  • July 20, 2021

Morgan Stanley trio managing $700 million goes indie

Los Angeles-based PBC Private Wealth will use LPL’s strategic wealth services, a unit that supports breakaways.

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  • June 21, 2021

Team managing $1.3 billion at Wells Fargo goes indie with LPL

The six-adviser group led by Larry Boggs is forming Boggs & Co. Wealth Management in Cumberland, Maryland.

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Fee-only RIA firms are growing at a healthy clip

The total number of advisory firms with a fee-only model has risen 20% since 2019, according to an analysis of the latest data from the SEC.

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Advisers, shoot for $100 million in AUM before going indie

Financial advisers who manage any amount of client assets are free to open an RIA, but those with $100 million have a leg up, said speakers at the InvestmentNews RIA Summit, a virtual conference with close to 700 attendees.

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Well-run advisory firms come in all sizes

Advisers thinking of making a move should evaluate firms on what they're doing and what they've done, not on how big or small they are.

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  • February 26, 2021

PE firm takes stake in Signet Financial

Merchant Investment Management will own a minority share of the $850 million New Jersey-based registered investment adviser.

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  • February 11, 2021

Cresset hires $500 million Goldman adviser

Hanley Sayers will join the registered investment advisory firm in Houston, expanding Cresset's footprint to Texas.

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  • February 2, 2021

Team managing $1.35 billion at Merrill Lynch moves to Stifel

The practice in Dallas includes four advisers and three support staff.

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3 myths preventing advisers from going from wirehouse to independence

Wirehouse advisers who want freedom and more control over the business they’ve built are no longer hampered by some of the historical challenges that once came with taking the leap.

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  • January 26, 2021

UBS team managing $245 million goes indie with LPL

Brendan Biruk and Dan Rattigan form Washington Crossing Financial Group in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.

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  • January 15, 2021

Rockefeller adds three teams managing $1.7 billion

Former Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch advisers join Rockefeller in Boca Raton, Florida, and Chicago

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  • January 6, 2021

Morgan Stanley rep managing $138 million bolts to Commonwealth

Dale Kramer opens an indie shop, Kramer Wealth Strategies, in upstate New York

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  • January 4, 2021

Billion-dollar Morgan Stanley team goes indie with Raymond James

Foursome creates Campbell Johnson McGiboney Wealth Advisors in Franklin, Tennessee

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Breaking away from a brokerage during a pandemic is hard … but rewarding

Those RIAs that made the move this year say that the effort has been worth it

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  • November 12, 2020

Team managing $1.8 billion at UBS goes to Venture Visionary Partners

The addition of 12 professionals and AUM almost doubles the size of the Toledo, Ohio, RIA